by admin | Oct 31, 2011 | Defies Description
Halloween has rolled around once again. Every year I am reminded of my own youth and the excitement of fall coming around, when once again my brothers and I could head off down the street to get candy from the neighbors, all because we put on a crummy costume. I...
by admin | Oct 28, 2011 | Defies Description
When I was in 4th grade at Kennydale Elementary, I had the chance to sign up for band. Now, I don’t really remember if I was given the chance. I think it was just expected, as my other brothers, well two of the three, played in band. There were limited choices...
by admin | Oct 27, 2011 | Pirate Adventures
Pirates in Paradise is just a couple weeks away now. If you aren’t a pirate or wench kind of person, you may have never heard of it. Suffice it to say that PiP (as it is known), is the Mardi Gras/Christmas of the pirate world. Hundreds of pirates attend. For 10...
by admin | Oct 26, 2011 | Culture
A friend asked me a couple days ago about whether I liked to play games. And while there are many in my life who would say, “oh, yes, he likes to play games with others” that’s not what I am talking about. I’m also not talking about being a...
by admin | Oct 25, 2011 | Defies Description
When my mother had a recent health scare, I thought it might be the end for us. When she passes away I will, in essence, be an orphan. At least that’s the way I have chosen to view it. For though I have 3 1/2 siblings, all of them have abandoned ship on me over...
by admin | Oct 24, 2011 | Defies Description
It’s amazing how many milestones you have when you’re still in your youth. You learn to walk and talk, ride a bike, go on your first date, hopefully have sex the first time, and have your first legal drink. I know that others in my era had their first...
by admin | Oct 20, 2011 | Life Lessons
As we know, I’m not much of a sportsman. When I was in the dating world a couple years ago I always marveled at all these photos of obviously very outdoorsy women holding up the day’s catch, posing with a big marlin or out on a boat with a fish on. I...
by admin | Oct 18, 2011 | Relationships
Many years ago I came into possession of a lovely home. It was everything I had dreamed of, and it was all mine. To others, it may have not been worth a second look. But to me, it was the place I had always dreamed of. It wasn’t fancy. Pretty basic really. A...
by admin | Oct 17, 2011 | Life Lessons
Over the weekend I finally finished the draft of my memoirs. 137,000 some words covering the last 30 years of playing pirate – the good, the bad and the downright ugly. As I poured through the 435 pages this weekend, getting it ready to send off to be proofed, I...
by admin | Oct 13, 2011 | Defies Description
For as long as I can remember I have been a bit of a flirt. OK, let’s drop the bit part of that. I am a huge flirt. It’s not like I ever learned how to be one. It just happened. Perhaps somewhere in the family DNA there is the mutant flirt gene. I know my...
